Practice of Sustainable Community Development: A Participatory Framework for Change

✍ Scribed by R. Warren Flint (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 477
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ordinary people, community leaders, and even organizations and corporations still do not fully comprehend the interconnected, “big picture” dynamics of sustainability theory and action. In exploring means to become more sustainable, individuals and groups need a reference in which to frame discussions so they will be relevant, educational, and successful when implemented. This book puts ideas on sustainable communities into a conceptual framework that will promote striking, transformational effects on decision-making. In this book practitioners and community leaders will find effective, comprehensive tools and resources at their finger-tips to facilitate sustainable community development (SCD). The book content examines a diverse range of SCD methods; assessing community needs and resources; creating community visions; promoting stakeholder interest and participation; analyzing community problems; designing and facilitating strategic planning; carrying out interventions to improve

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Introduction....Pages 1-23
Basics of Sustainable Development....Pages 25-54
Operationalizing Sustainability in Community Development....Pages 55-92
System’s Thinking in Community Development....Pages 93-118
Evaluating Community Knowledge Assets and Resources....Pages 119-142
Understanding the Community Context....Pages 143-167
Promoting Stakeholder Interest and Involvement....Pages 169-195
Building Capacity for Community Change....Pages 197-212
Creating a Community Vision....Pages 213-229
Analyzing Community Problems and Defining Objectives....Pages 231-256
Developing a Strategic Sustainability Plan....Pages 257-277
Evaluating Community Improvement....Pages 279-302
Sustainability and Governance....Pages 303-328
Key Community Issues for Change....Pages 329-404
Case Study Examples of SCD....Pages 405-419
Financial Sources for Sustainability Actions....Pages 421-439
Final Thoughts....Pages 441-447
Back Matter....Pages 449-458

✦ Subjects

Environmental Management; Sustainable Development; Nature Conservation